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McDermott Will & Schulte

A need for speed: FDA piloting voucher program to expedite drug review

On July 22, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started accepting applications to participate in the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) pilot. This one-year initiative – announced on June 17 – aims to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Clinical Trial Considerations

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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved certain GLP-1 drugs for commercialization and use, including liraglutide (Victoza®), semaglutide (Ozempic®, Wegovy®), and tirzepatide (Mounjaro®, Zepbound®). Although...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

A Progress Report on Psychedelic Drug Legislation in Connecticut and Nearby States

The burgeoning field of psychedelic medicine, which suffered a major setback last year when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected an application to approve the use of midomafetamine (MDMA) to treat post-traumatic...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FDA: Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher Program Aims to Streamline Some Drug Reviews

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Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a new Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) program, via a press release accompanied by a list of...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA in Flux — July 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to FDA in Flux — A Mintz newsletter tracking rapid changes in policy and agency actions that impact medical, life sciences, and consumer product investment decisions and development strategies....more

Smart & Biggar

Health Canada must redetermine exemption requests for psilocybin (magic mushroom)-assisted psychotherapy training

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TheraPsil, a patient advocacy organization, and 73 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have succeeded in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to overturn the refusal of the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Makary Says Psychedelics Are Maybe Okay, M’Kay?

Drugs are bad, m’kay. But what if they’re not? Psilocybin continues to be in the limelight for its potential medicinal uses, including most particularly its potential to combat the nation’s growing mental health crisis. Last...more

Jones Day

Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Spring 2025

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Welcome to Vital Signs, a curated compilation of the latest legal and regulatory developments in digital health....more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Mass General Brigham study offers promise that nasal spray targeting neuroinflammation could become an effective treatment for TBI

The secondary cascade, although a normal physiological response, can contribute to ongoing neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and axonal injury, continuing in some cases years after the initial insult.  There is no clearly...more

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Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Fall-Winter 2024

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We bring you Vital Signs, a curated, one-stop resource on the most notable digital health law updates from our U.S. and global contributors. In Industry Insights, we present a timely discussion about increasing litigation and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Antibody Drug Conjugates Keep Growing: What You Need to Know

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What Are ADCs and Why Are They Growing? Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the...more

Hogan Lovells

The “Borne Mission” Report analysis: Between hope and disappointment for the pharmaceutical industries

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Borne's long-awaited Report on regulation of healthcare products has fallen well short of pharmaceutical industry expectations. Indeed, it contains very few concrete proposals. ...more

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FDA Publishes Informed Consent Final Guidance for Drug and Medical Device Clinical Investigations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has issued the final guidance document, “Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors” (Final Guidance). The...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FDA Finalizes Informed Consent Guidance for Drug and Medical Device Clinical Investigations

On August 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) published the final guidance document, “Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors” (Final...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Minimizing the Fallout from Increasing FDA Clinical Holds

With medical and scientific advances progressing at an exponential pace, FDA appears to be taking a more aggressive stance in imposing clinical holds on studies where adverse events are reported. Over the last several years,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FDA Issues Guidance on Drug and Biologic Submissions with Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance on drug and biologic submissions to the agency that include real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE). The procedural guidance aims to...more

Gardner Law

Back on the Case: FDA Issues Fresh Enforcement Letters

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After two years of decreased enforcement activity (with an out-sized portion of activity being COVID-19-related), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) has issued several Untitled...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - December 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Sponsors on How to Comply with Study Data Standards When Submitting RWD-Sourced Study Data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance titled Data Standards for Drug and Biological Product Submissions Containing Real-World Data on October 21, 2021. The guidance provides the Agency’s thoughts...more

King & Spalding

CMS Proposes National Coverage Decision For CAR-T Cancer Therapy

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On February 15, 2019, CMS released a proposal to provide nationwide coverage for a new cancer therapy, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy (CAR-T Therapy), for Medicare patients. The proposed nationwide coverage decision...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

What You Need to Know About the Right to Try Act and Patient Access to Experimental Drugs

Recently, President Donald Trump signed into law the Right to Try Act of 2018 (RTTA).1 The RTTA represents the federal version of laws previously passed by a majority of the states, but with important differences. This WSGR...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

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The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

Polsinelli

New Clinical Trial Rule Alters Reporting Requirements

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New federal requirements for posting of clinical trials information address how data collected in clinical trials are submitted for public consumption. The requirements were revealed on Sept. 16 when the Department of Health...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Congress Avoids a Government Shutdown... House and Senate Approves Measure to Expand the Affordable Care (ACA) Act Small Group Market to 100 Employees...Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurers to Receive Only...more

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